Repete · 70-79, M
What help others without expecting anything back . No way.
That seems to be the response of more and more people today for many reasons .
You are right and helping out even if it's just listening to someone does have its own rewards. We say we don't have time but on the other hand we seem to have plenty of time for the things we want to do.
Make time to help.
That seems to be the response of more and more people today for many reasons .
You are right and helping out even if it's just listening to someone does have its own rewards. We say we don't have time but on the other hand we seem to have plenty of time for the things we want to do.
Make time to help.
frequentlyme · 70-79, M
@Repete Exactly! I help at a homeless shelter for single mothers and their children. What I get back in the way of smiles and kids laughing, really laughing because they have a full tummy and a warm and safe place to be, is beyond imagination, it's simply priceless. It makes me a better me. Nothing more valuable than that.
shytexasgirl · 51-55, F
@Repete You're so right. Spending even a brief period of time listening to someone can brighten their day. During the holidays I realized there are people in nursing homes that never have a visitor, never. Imagine how it must feel to have lived a long life of working hard, raising children and in the end being put away as if you no longer useful. It's heartbreaking to me. If you sit with them for a little while they look so happy and surprised that it makes you want to cry.
shytexasgirl · 51-55, F
@frequentlyme I think that's wonderful. Don't you find that if you help in this way it caused you to feel more hopeful? It seems to me that those who feel very pessimistic about the world take no steps to help in any way. When you feel like you are part of the solution it doesn't seem hopeless.
frequentlyme · 70-79, M
Yes, I agree. It's a circular sort of thing. If I help another, loved one, friend, or even someone I don't really know, I get immediate payback. With loved ones and friends it goes even further. I make them feel good, and they in turn want to make me feel good, which makes me want to make them feel even better, and it goes on and on like that. totally get what you mean. Giving is receiving, no doubt about it.